The Other War ...by Cindy Sheehan
I was sitting behind the stage at Union Square the other day when a young woman with a cameraman in tow approached me and asked me if she could ask me a "question." Seldom when I am approached to answer "a" question does it turn out to be just one question and this person looked like she was about 14 years old.
"Sure," I answered her. With eyes brimming with tears, this was her question, prefaced by a comment:
"I am a soldier and I served in Afghanistan, what do you have to say to the troops who are over there?"
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When the young vet confronted me with the camera in Union Square the other day, I could only speak from my heart. I answered her:
"Oh, honey. It must seem like the peace movement in the US has forgotten about our troops in Afghanistan and the Afghani people. I know that I don't talk about that conflict enough, although I think that it is morally wrong, too. I know that our soldiers are dying and being harmed there, too. As much as the media doesn't cover what's happening in Iraq, it pays even less attention to Afghanistan. However, the peace movement is not united on Afghanistan, because many people think that it is a 'good war.' I believe no such thing and I promise you that I will be more vigilant about exposing that war crime, too."
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